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10/2/2017 Off-duty San Bernardino County Fire personnel provide aid, evacuate injured during Las Vegas shooting – San Bernardino Sun LOCAL NEWS Off-duty San Bernardino County Fire personnel provide aid, evacuate injured during Las Vegas shooting An injured person is tended to in the intersection of Tropicana Ave. and Las Vegas Boulevard after a mass shooting at a country music festival nearby on October 2, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. A gunman has opened fire on a music festival in Las Vegas, killing over 20 people. Police have confirmed that one suspect has been shot dead. The investigation is ongoing. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) By BEATRIZ E. VALENZUELA | PUBLISHED: October 2, 2017 at 6:30 am | UPDATED: October 2, 2017 at 6:36 am http://www.sbsun.com/2017/10/02/off-duty-san-bernardino-county-fire-personnel-provide-aid-evacuate-injured-during-las-vegas-shooting/?ut… 1/5 10/2/2017 Off-duty San Bernardino County Fire personnel provide aid, evacuate injured during Las Vegas shooting – San Bernardino Sun Several off-duty San Bernardino County Fire personnel at a three-day country music festival rendered aid and helped evacuate the injured immediately following the deadly Las Vegas shooting that killed 50 people and wounded more than 100 late Sunday night. “We couldn’t be be more proud of their efforts!” posted Deputy Chief John Chamberlin on Facebook soon aer reports of the shooting began to surface. His post was then shared by the union, San Bernardino County Professional Fireghters Local 935. IAFF Local 935 Follow @SBCoFFLocal935 Message from #SBCoFD Deputy Chief Chamberlin. Tragic event tonight. Our thoughts are with all who are involved or dealing with this incident 1:53 AM - Oct 2, 2017 2 5 The post also indicated that a family member of a county re worker had been struck “multiple times.” http://www.sbsun.com/2017/10/02/off-duty-san-bernardino-county-fire-personnel-provide-aid-evacuate-injured-during-las-vegas-shooting/?ut… 2/5 10/2/2017 Off-duty San Bernardino County Fire personnel provide aid, evacuate injured during Las Vegas shooting – San Bernardino Sun “Among the dead is an LVMPD ofcer who was off-duty at the time,” according to a statement from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. LVMPD Follow @LVMPD We are sadden to report that one of the deceased from Sunday night's shooting, was an off-duty #LVMPD police officer. #LVMPDnews 5:45 AM - Oct 2, 2017 454 4,061 7,312 That ofcer’s name was not released Monday morning. There were also two on- duty ofcers injured, one of whom was upgraded recently from critical to stable condition. The other sustained non-life threatening wounds. Country music star Jason Aldean was performing as part of the three-day country music event, the Route 91 Harvest Festival, when LVMPD say a lone shooter identied as 64-year-old, Stephen Craig Paddock, of Mesquite, Nevada, opened re on the crowd. Paddock red on more than 22,000 concert-goers from his hotel room on the 32nd oor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel about 10:08 p.m. Sunday, according to a news release from the LVMPD. The LVMPD SWAT responded to the call, entered the hotel room and found the 64- year-old dead. Authorities say they believe Paddock killed himself prior to ofcers getting inside the room. Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Joe Lombardo said during a televised press conference that investigators were serving a search warrant at Paddock’s home Monday morning, but didn’t have any information on evidence found at his home. “The Clark County Fire Department estimated that approximately 406 people were transported to area hospitals, and 50 are dead following Sunday evening’s shooting,” the statement said. Concert-goes and other witnesses began posting horric videos from open-air concert at the Madalay Bay resort. http://www.sbsun.com/2017/10/02/off-duty-san-bernardino-county-fire-personnel-provide-aid-evacuate-injured-during-las-vegas-shooting/?ut… 3/5 10/2/2017 Off-duty San Bernardino County Fire personnel provide aid, evacuate injured during Las Vegas shooting – San Bernardino Sun MGM Resorts Follow @MGMResortsIntl Our thoughts & prayers are with the victims of last night's tragic events. We’re grateful for the immediate actions of our first responders. 2:34 AM - Oct 2, 2017 29 1,155 2,424 The Las Vegas shooting is considered the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, with the death toll exceeding that of the Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016 that le 49 people dead. A motive for the shooting was not released, and ofcials say this is still an active investigation. The Federal Bureau of Investigations is asking for anyone with videos or photos concerning the shooting to call 1-800-CALL-FBI or (800) 225-5324. Tags: Breaking news, mass shooting, Top Stories Breeze, Top Stories IVDB, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories LBPT, Top Stories OCR, Top Stories PE, Top Stories PSN, Top Stories RDF, Top Stories SGVT, Top Stories Sun, Top Stories WDN Beatriz E. Valenzuela http://www.sbsun.com/2017/10/02/off-duty-san-bernardino-county-fire-personnel-provide-aid-evacuate-injured-during-las-vegas-shooting/?ut… 4/5 10/2/2017 High Desert residents among those sent fleeing as gunman opens fire at Las Vegas concert, killing at least 50 High Desert residents among those sent eeing as gunman opens re at Las Vegas concert, killing at least 50 By Sally Ho and Regina Garcia Cano / Associated Press Posted at 7:02 AM Updated at 7:02 AM LAS VEGAS — A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people as tens of thousands of concertgoers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said Monday. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. More than 400 other victims were taken to the hospital, authorities said. SWAT teams using explosives stormed the gunman’s hotel room and found he had killed himself, authorities said. He had as many as 10 guns with him, including rifles, they said. There was no immediate word on the motive for the bloodshed. Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said authorities believe this was a “lone wolf” attack. And the U.S. Homeland Security Department said there was no “specific credible threat” involving other public venues in the U.S. Country music star Jason Aldean was performing Sunday night at the end of the three-day Route 91 Harvest Festival in front of a crowd of more than 22,000 when the gunman opened fire from inside the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino across the street. The gunman was identified as Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, of Mesquite, Nevada. He had checked into the hotel room on Thursday, authorities said. http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20171002/high-desert-residents-among-those-sent-fleeing-as-gunman-opens-fire-at-las-vegas-concert-killing-at-lea… 1/4 10/2/2017 High Desert residents among those sent fleeing as gunman opens fire at Las Vegas concert, killing at least 50 “What we are going to try to do as best we can is to get our first responders back on their feet and responding and conducting a proper investigation to ensure that we have the safety of this community at heart,” the sheriff said. Aldean was in the middle of a song when the shots came rapidly: pop-pop-pop- pop. Video then showed Aldean stopping and the crowd getting quiet as if it were unsure of what had just happened. The gunman paused and then fired another volley, the muzzle flashes visible from the casino, as more victims fell to the ground while others fled in panic. Some hid behind concession stands, while others crawled under parked cars. Julie Norton of Apple Valley told the Daily Press her granddaughter, Kymberley Suchomel, was “hysterical” when she called to say she witnessed someone “being shot” at the concert and a mass of people running from the scene. “Kymberley and her friend Cassie were at the concert,” said Norton, founder of the High Desert Phoenix Foundation. “She said Jason Aldean was performing when all of a sudden she thought they were shooting firecrackers. Then she heard some people yelling. That’s when she saw a person shot.” Norton said Suchomel was running from the scene as she pleaded with her grandmother on the phone to take care of her own young daughter who was at home in Apple Valley. She also asked her to pray for the safety of everyone at the scene. “They were getting a taxi back to their hotel, packing and coming straight home,” said Norton, who contacted the Daily Press moments after the reported shooting. Several other High Desert residents were also at the concert, including El Dorado Broadcasters radio deejay Myke Fabela who assured everyone via Facebook that he was fine. Kodiak Yazzie, 36, said the music stopped temporarily when the first shots began and then started up again before the second round of pops sent the performers ducking for cover and fleeing the stage. http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20171002/high-desert-residents-among-those-sent-fleeing-as-gunman-opens-fire-at-las-vegas-concert-killing-at-lea… 2/4 10/2/2017 High Desert residents among those sent fleeing as gunman opens fire at Las Vegas concert, killing at least 50 “It was the craziest stuff I’ve ever seen in my entire life,” Yazzie said. “You could hear that the noise was coming from west of us, from Mandalay Bay.